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rack

n.

A frame
holder, receptacle, framework, stand, shelf, ledge, perch, bracket, whatnot, arbor, trivet, box, counter, trestle, scaffold, stretcher, hatrack, clothes rack, hat tree, clothes tree, cake rack, bottle rack, wine rack, baker's rack, pen rack, gun rack, tie rack, towel rack; see also frame 1.
An engine of torture
instrument of torture, wheel, iron heel, wooden horse, thumbscrew, iron maiden, boot, water rack, bed of Procrustes, peine forte et dure (French), Oregon boot*; see also torture.

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Another word for rack

verb

To bring great harm or suffering to:
afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture. See attack, help
To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing:
crucify, torment, torture. Idiom: put on the rack (or wheel). See pain, reward